when the winter ends i'm so excited for the springtime
and the summer paints a smile upon my face with sunshine
when summer ends i'm so relieved that it is autumn
and the winter chills the air, and then the wheel turns again

and the snow falls and fireplace glows
and the flowers bloom and the garden grows
and the valley changes from green to gold
so it goes, so it goes, so it goes

in the dawn the baby learns to talk and to stand upright
and she's done with school and found a job by midday sunlight
then she's got a family of her own and now it's twilight
if she's lucky she can count the hours until it's midnight

and the snow falls and fireplace glows
and the flowers bloom and the garden grows
and the valley changes from green to gold
so it goes, so it goes, so it goes